The Show Makers: Great Directors of the American Musical Theatre

by Lawrence Thelen

Book Overview

The Show Makers describes twelve of the most creative and influential directors of contemporary musical theatre. Thelen creates lively portraits of theatre people at work. James Lapine's early... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415923468
• ISBN13: 9780415923460
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Enjoyable book full of interviews with the best of musical theatre directors- Harold Prince, Arthur Laurents, Mike Ockrent, legendary Jerome Robbins and even the now-obscure Tom O' Horgan is included. Tommy Tune is conspicuous by his absence. Harold Prince - Creating the "New Musical" Harold Prince in Berlin: In Collaboration With Daniel Brunet and Miguel Angel Esquivel Rios